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Iberian fauna perceived danger: a study with primary education students

datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais::Ciências da Educação
datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg15:Proteger a Vida Terrestre
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, António
dc.contributor.authorRato, Valter
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-07T09:53:35Z
dc.date.available2025-04-07T09:53:35Z
dc.date.issued2025-03-12
dc.description.abstractThe present study sought to verify, through a questionnaire, how 270 primary school students assessed the dangerousness of 16 animals from the Iberian fauna and whether, in danger of extinction, these species should be saved. The animals considered most dangerous were three invertebrates—the Mediterranean black widow, the scorpion, and the Portuguese man of war—and three vertebrates—the blue shark, the Montpellier snake, and the Iberian wolf. The justifications were related to morphological, physiological, and behavioral features and the damage they can cause to humans. Some misconceptions were detected, such as the underrated danger of the mosquito, because it is small, and the overrated danger of the vulture, because it is necrophagous, or the bat, because it is hematophagous. The generalization of danger to all species of a given taxonomic group occurred in the case of the blue shark and the Montpellier snake. Even so, the students supported the need to fight against the extinction of the dangerous animals because they all have a role in nature. No differences in the results concerning the sex of the students were found. A few strategies to approach the present issue in school are presented.</jats:p>por
dc.identifier.citationAlmeida, A., & Rato, V. (2025). Iberian fauna perceived danger: A study with primary education students. School Science and Mathematics, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssm.18350
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ssm.18350
dc.identifier.issn0036-6803
dc.identifier.issn1949-8594
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/21766
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofSchool Science and Mathematics
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectIberian fauna
dc.titleIberian fauna perceived danger: a study with primary education students
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleSchool Science and Mathematics
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
person.familyNameAlmeida
person.familyNameRato
person.givenNameAntónio
person.givenNameValter
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3594-1324
person.identifier.orcid0009-0000-9596-2007
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